Non-refillable bottle.



No. 798,941. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. O. B. S. AZZONI.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1906.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed January 7, 1905. Serial No. 240,077.

To all III/[1077b it may concern/x Be it known that I, Onns'rn E. S.Azzonr, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of Philadelphia,county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles; and my objects are toprovide a bottle of this type with a closure which shall be simple inconstruction, consist of the fewest number of parts, capable ofeconomical manufacture and of easy application to the bottle, and whichshall, furthermore, be certain in the performance of its intendedfunction of preventing the refilling of a bottle after the whole or anypart of the original liquid contents has been withdrawn, and, finally,to provide such a device as will permit the free flow of the liquidtherefrom when the bottle is inverted for pouring and will instantlyclose the pouring-orifice when the bottle is brought back to its normalposition.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and details thereof, as hereinafter described, withreference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central section in perspective of abottle, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a centralsection of the bottle-neck in pouring position, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5are perspective details of the several elements of the valve and itsseat or casing.

Referring to the drawings, in which the same reference characters relateto the same parts in all the views, the bottle-neck 1 is provided withan internal flange 2, adapted to receive and support a rib 4:, formed onthe outer surface of a tubular valve seat or casing 3, the lower end ofwhich casing is provided with an internal lip or flange 6. Thisvalve-casing consists of a thin shell of metal, glass, or other suitablematerial and is provided with circumferential slots or openings 5, whichserve as outlet-ports for liquid from the interior of the bottle. Theseports are normally closed by a tubular valve 14:, having a closed bottom16 and provided with slots or openings 15, constituting ports adapted toregister with the ports 5 of the valvecasing when the bottle is invertedor turned to pouring position, as in Fig. 2, but which are closed by theimperforate wall of the casing 3 when the bottle is upright 01' innormal position, as in Fig. 1, when, it will be observed, the valve 1+1.which slides within the casing 3, rests upon the flange or lip 6 on saidcasing.

Surmounting the valve-casing is a guard, p

comprising a disk 9, carried by posts 8, resting on the outer edge ofthe casing, and a ring 7, capping said posts and adapted to [it snuglywithin the bottle-neck. A tortuous passage 13 is thus formed around theedge of the disk 9 between adjacent posts, the interior of thebottle-neck, and around the inner edge of the ring, which passage ismade narrow enough to prevent the insertion of wire therethrough for thepurpose of attempting to reach the ports 15 of the valve. These latterports are located in such relation to the discharge-oriflees 13 thatthey cannot be reached by any such wire or other device which it mightbe attempted to insert therein. In order to lock the guard in position,and thereby also look the casing and its valve in place, I provide arecess or notch 12 in the inner surface of the bottle-neck and insertaV-spring 11 in a recess 10, formed in one of the posts 8 of the guard,the legs of said spring pointing outwardly, so that as the guard ispressed into the neck one leg of the spring will enter the notch 12,while the other leg remains seated in the recess 10, thus effectivelylocking the guard against withdrawal and at the same time securing thecasing 3 in place.

l/Vith the parts arranged as shown the valve 14 normally closes theoutlet-ports 5, and when it is desired to withdraw any portion of thecontents of the bottle the latter is turned to pouring position, asshown, whereupon the valve 1 1 will slide into the position shown inFig. 2, with its ports 15 registering with the ports 5, permitting freeegress of liquid from the bottle into the chamber of the valve, thencethrough the discharge-orifice 13, and through the open mouth of thebottleneck. The movement of the valve in opening is facilitated by theimpact of the liquid against the closed bottom 16 of the valve, whichthus acts as a plunger or piston in assisting the said movement of thevalve, and if the liquid is thick and heavy a glass ball 17 may, ifdesired, be placed in the bottle normally resting on the bottom thereofand impinging against said valve-bottom when the bottle is inverted orturned to pouring position.

I claim as my invention 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combinationwith the bottle-neck, of a casing provided with ports, a tubular valvehaving a closed bottom slidably mounted therein and normally closingsaid ports, said valve being provided with ports adapted to registerwith the said ports in the casing when the bottle is turned to pouringposition, and a disk-guard above and covering the upper end of thecasing, substantially as described.

2. In anon-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottle-neck, of acasing surmounted by a disk-guard less in diameter than the bottle-neckand forming a passage from the interior of the casing around the edge ofthe said disk and provided with ports, and a tubular Valve having aclosed bottom and provided with ports therein adapted to register withthe ports of the valve-casing when the bottle is in pouring position,substantially as described.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottle-neckhaving an internal flange or lip, a casing supported by said flange andprovided with ports, a flange or lip at the lower end of the casing, atubular valve having a closed bottom resting on said flange or lip whenthe bottle is upright and provided with ports adapted to register withthe ports of the casing when the bottle is in pouring position, and adisk-guard over the upper end of the casing and providing a passagearound its edge from the interior of the casing, substantially asdescribed.

4. In anon-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottleneck havingan internal flange, a casing having a rib or projection resting on saidflange to support the casing, said casing having ports therein below theflange in the bottle-neck, a flange at the lower end of the casing, atubular valve having a closed bottom adapted to seat upon said flangeand provided with ports normally closed and adapted to register with theports in the casing when the bottle is in pouring position, and a guardcovering the upper end of the casing and providing a passage between theedge of said guard and the bottle-neck, substantially as described.

5. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottle-neckhaving an internal flange, a casing having a rib or projection restingon said flange to support the casing, said casing having ports thereinbelow the flange in the bottle-neck, a lip or flange at the lower end ofthe casing, a tubular valve having a closed bottom adapted to seat onsaid lip or flange and providedwith ports normally closed and adapted toregister with the ports in the casing when the bottle is in pouringposition, and a guard covering the upper end of the casing, comprising adisk less in diameter than the bottle-neck, posts extending from the endof the casing supporting said disk and forming a tortuousdischarge-passage from the casing to the bottle-mouth, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottle-neckhaving an internal flange, a casing having a rib or projection restingon said flange to support the casing, said casing having ports thereinbelow the flange in the bottle-neck, a lip or flange at the lower end ofthe casing, a tubular valve having a closed bottom adapted to seat onsaid lip or flange and provided with ports normally closed and adaptedto register with the ports in the casing when the bottle is in pouringposition, and a guard covering the upper end of the casing, comprising adisk less in diameter than the bottle-neck, posts extending from the endof the casing supporting said disk and forming a tortuousdischarge-passage from the casing to the bottle-mouth, and a ringsupported by said posts above the disk fitting the bottle neck,substantially as described.

7 Inanon-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottle-neck havingan internal flange, a casing having arib or projection resting on saidflange to support the casing, said casing having ports therein below theflange in the bottle-neck, a lip or flange at the lower end of thecasing, a tubular Valve having a closed bottom adapted to seat on saidlip or flange and provided with ports normally closed and adapted toregister with the ports in the easing when the bottle is in pouringposition, and a guard covering the upper end of the casing, comprising adisk less in diameter than the bottle-neck, posts extending from the endof the casing supporting said disk and forming a tortuousdischarge-passage from the casing to the bottle-mouth and aringsupported by said posts above the disk fitting the bottle-neck, and alock engaging the guard structure and the bottle-neck to lock the formerin position, substantially as described.

8. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottle-neckhaving an internal flange, a casing having a rib or projection restingon said flange to support the casing, said casing having ports thereinbelow the flange in the bottle-neck, a lip or flange at the lower end ofthe casing, a tubular valve having a closed bottom adapted to seat onsaid lip or flange and provided with ports normally closed and adaptedto register with the ports in the casing when the bottle is in pouringposition, and a guard covering the upper end of the casing, comprising adisk less in diameter than the bottle-neck, posts extending from the endof the casing supporting said disk and forming a tortuousdischarge-passage from the casing to the bottle-mouth, aring supportedby said posts above the disk fitting the bottle-neck, said bottle-neckhaving a notch therein, and one of the posts of the guard structurehaving a recess therein with a spring having two legs engaging,respectively, the notch and the recess, substantially as described.

9. A closure for a non-refillable bottle comprising a casing adapted tobe seated within the bottle-neck and provided with ports in its lowerportion, a lip or flange at the lower end of said casing, a tubularvalve having a closed bottom adapted to seat against the lip or flangeof the casing and provided with ports normally closed when the valve isseated on said flange and adapted to register with the ports in thecasing when the valve is inverted and moves toward the other end of thecasing,

5 a guard-disk supported by posts adapted to gage a notch in thebottle-neck for locking the guard-ring and the valve-casing in position.substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name scribing witnesses.

ORESTE ES. AZZONI.

\Vitnesses:

Vrr'romo (J. (frIANNrM, MAROIIIL AMBOY.

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